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The Frolic Model : transforming single-family homes into urban cohousing
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2019)
We founded the development firm Frolic to respond to the following questions: Can we introduce the benefits of density to urban America without displacing the people who live there? Can we bring the comfort of permanence ...
Hybrid-industrial zoning : a case study in Downtown Los Angeles
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2019)
Historically, land use planning has treated industrial land uses either antagonistically or ambivalently. Traditional zoning approaches have restricted, regulated, spatially isolated, and pushed industrial land to the ...
A regional assessment of transit-oriented office development opportunities in Boston's suburbs
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2019)
Despite having an extensive commuter rail network, Boston is also known for its traffic congestion and long commute times. The suburbs account for a significant share of Eastern Massachusetts office employment. Yet, the ...
Redesign, redeploy, and re-envision urban corporate headquarters : Amazon's Seattle campus case study
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2019)
Corporate headquarters have tremendous impacts on cities and the built environment. As companies expand, downsize, and adapt through the business cycles and industry transformations, the size of corporate workforce and ...
New York City local law 97 : an analysis of institutional response & decision making towards groundbreaking carbon emissions legislation
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2020)
In May 2019, New York City (under Mayor Bill De Blasio) enacted its own version of the Green New Deal called the Climate Mobilization Act, a local law to amend its charter and administrative code to achieve certain reductions ...
A venture for art + development : examining the symbiosis relationship between China's art market and real estate industries
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2021)
In the past two decades, in China, integrating art components, cultural institutions, and various artistic scenes in commercial real estate has become popular development and management practices in first-nd second-tier ...
How developers negotiate zoning and public benefits with the city : two cases in downtown Boston
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2019)
Large-scale real estate developments present unique challenges for planners to determine the optimal provision of public benefits. Because of the scale and scope of these projects, substantial negotiation is involved between ...
Measuring built environment technology awareness using time-series analysis
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2021)
This study responds to the accelerating application of technologies in the building environment and lack of academic research exploring how these technologies are developed over time. "Built environment technologies" refers ...
Code enforcement, tax delinquency, and strategic management of problematic properties
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2014)
This thesis considers two interrelated sources of blight in cities: so-called "problem properties" (PP), or properties in poor physical condition where owners have stopped performing basic maintenance, and tax-delinquent ...
The economic and financial feasibility of food innovation centers
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2015)
A Food Innovation Center (FIC) is an enclosed commercial space comprising a mix of complementary uses pertaining to locally-operated food growing, production, processing, testing, distribution, and sale. These uses include ...